Bryant v. State

-Defendant, with another, was indicted under section 4189 of the Code of 1876. That section makes it a felony for any white person and a negro, or descendant of a negro to the third generation inclusive, to intermarry, or live in adultery or fornication with each other. The indictment charged, “ that "Washington Bryant, a negro man, or the descendant of a negro within the third generation, and Jemima Hardeman, a white woman, did live together in a state of adultery or fornication.” The verdict of the jury was, “ We, the jury, fail to find Wash. Bryant to be a negro, but find the defendants…